New originals are available by French pointillist Jean Francois Cugnier, who has exhibited in France, Europe and the United States. Born in 1949, his work is held in many international collections. His work depicts the Paris region. Pointillism was a revolutionary painting technique pioneered by Georges Seurat and Paul Signac in Paris in the mid-1880s. It was a reaction against the prevailing movement of Impressionism, which was based on the subjective responses of individual artists. Pointillism, by contrast, demanded a much more scientific approach, according to Sotheby’s. Click for others.